Sky Tonight—April 27, Leo loses his tail. We gain a constellation.
Very faint stars make up the constellation Coma Berenices, otherwise known as Berenice’s Hair.
Sky Tonight—April 26, Star-hop from Leo to the Coma star cluster
Two distinctive star patterns make the Lion easy to identify. Leo’s brightest star – the sparkling blue-white gem Regulus
Sky Tonight—April 25, Orion descends in the west each evening
The famous constellation Orion will soon disappear for another season.
Sky Tonight—March 24, Predawn moon near the Scorpion’s Stinger
Shaula and Lesath mean raised tail and stinger respectively in Arabic,
Sky Tonight—Tuesday, March 22, Mercury farthest from sunset glare
Today Mercury reaches its greatest elongation east of the sun at 7 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.
Sky Tonight—March 21, As Mercury sets, zodiacal light shines faintly in western sky
Zodiacal light looks like a large but faint milky-colored pyramid of light with its apex reaching perhaps halfway up the sky.
Sky Tonight—March 20, The 2011 March equinox
The equinox represents a point on Earth’s orbit, but it is also an event that happens on the imaginary dome of Earth’s sky.
Sky Tonight—Feb 23, Moon by Scorpion’s Crown before tomorrow’s dawn
ndividually, the Crown stars are Graffias, Dschubba, and Pi Scorpii.
Sky Tonight—Feb 22, Stars in the daytime
The stars cannot be seen because of the glare of the sun.
Sky Tonight—Feb 21, Zodiacal light is glowing pyramid in west after dark
March evenings present the best time of year to see zodiacal light in the northern hemisphere evening sky